Month: September 2017

Bitcoin continued to tumble Thursday, trading down 6.6% to $3,634.82 per dollar at 8:13 a.m. ET, after Chinese media reported that the country’s regulators were moving closer to shutting down exchanges. Reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal on Monday first indicated that China planned to ban trading of bitcoin and other virtual currencies on its exchanges. Bobby Lee, CEO of the bitcoin exchange BTCChina, tweeted Thursday that the firm would stop all trading on September 30 following China’s ban on initial coin offerings, the cryptocurrency-based fundraising method. According…

The Poisonous Hemlock plant TV foodie Anthony Bourdain told paparazzi outside an airport that if he was asked to cater a dinner for President Donald Trump, he would poison the food. The former Food Network personality and current host of CNN’s Parts Unknown was caught outside LAX airport by a photographer for celebrity gossip website TMZ. When asked what Bourdain would serve if he was asked to cater a dinner for President Trump. Bourdain answered simply, “Hemlock,” appearing to admit he would poison the president if given the chance. The…